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1816IIHF News from www.iifh.comTYPO3 - get.content.righthttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssThu, 08 Dec 2016 15:06:00 +0100Thank you volunteers!http://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6992
The 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship organizing committee wants to thank all the volunteers...“It has been wonderful to see how the volunteers have worked in this event,” says the President of Finnish organizing committee, Kalervo Kummola.“The games are organized for the players and I can tell that all the participating teams have been more than pleased about the organization of the games. I want to thank on my behalf all the volunteers and wish them all back next year as volunteers.”

Valuable work experience

The General Secretary of the Finnish 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship organization, Mika Sulin, is grateful for the fantastic co-operation between the organizing committee, IIHF and volunteers.

“The volunteers have succeeded over the expectations with their friendliness, positive attitude and language knowledge. It feels like nothing has been impossible. We have also listened the volunteers’ opinions and will take them into account when planning next year’s event.”

Sulin continues by telling that volunteers will also get a lot for themselves.
“The international work experience and new contacts from the event is good and valuable merit for the future events and when applying for a job.”

Only positive feedback

IIHF General Secretary Horst Lichtner has only received positive feedback about the volunteers.

“The atmosphere has been great and the good mood of the volunteers has been very catchy everywhere. The volunteers are the first and the last who visitors, players, reporters and the IIHF Delegations meet. Volunteers are the face of the event together with players,” said Lichtner.

The preliminary round played in Sweden had also hundreds of volunteers.

“We have only positive things to tell about our volunteers to whom we arranged a thank you dinner already last Friday when the games in Sweden ended,” said Lars G. Karlsson, the General Secretary of the Swedish Organizing Committee.

“Everybody got a diploma and a small gift to show our gratitude. We received a very positive response when we asked if they want to be volunteers again next year.”
]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomTue, 22 May 2012 11:03:00 +0200It's time for final round!http://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6957
More tickets to be released for public sales. On Thursday, the quarter-finals will be played within the groups. In Helsinki, Canada and Slovakia will meet in the afternoon quarter-final. Host country and the prevailing World Champion Finland will play against USA in the evening game.In Stockholm, the Czechs will face Sweden in Thursday’s late quarter-final, while Russia battles Norway in the early game.

The winners of the quarter-finals will meet on Saturday in Helsinki. Semi-final winners will continue to the finals on Sunday evening, while the bronze medal game will take place on Sunday afternoon.

For international fans, the Organizing Committee has great news. Tickets from international quotas will be released for public sales for all the remaining games. Besides the Helsinki quarter-finals on Thursday (17.5.), tickets for semi-finals on Saturday (19.5.) and even the medal games on Sunday (20.5.) will be available through the official ticket operator Lippupiste.

Tickets: lippu.fi & +358 (0)600 900 900 ((1,97 €/min+lnc, Mon-Sun 7¬-22)]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomWed, 16 May 2012 16:15:00 +0200Hockey Stars shine at the Arena and surroundingshttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6915
The 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship’s tournament look has conquered the Hartwall Arena.
On the opening day, the Northern Stars were transferred on the ice, when Mikki Kunttu’s light installation was reflected in the ice surface.
Getting on to the venue by train, you find your way easily by following the Stars. When you finally get to the Hockey Garden Fan Zone, you will see the sea of white tents, flags, and Northern Stars.
The Stars are surrounding the entrances. If you look closely, you might see the official game mascot “the Hockey Bird” taking a peak here and there.

The elements of the game brand are seen at the partner areas in many ways. For example, the ceiling of the restaurant called Hall of Fame has Stars that are designed in the colours of the participating teams.

Fan products like “the Game On” pucks have cheerful Hockey Birds on them.
Different sizes and shapes of Hockey Bird mascots will find their ways to children backpacks and beds.
Hockey players warm up before the games on bikes that have the official look.

And even the press and commentators area stands out at the arena.]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomFri, 11 May 2012 09:27:00 +0200Tickets to Team Finland's games against France and Kazakhstan will be released as fan and family packageshttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6872
The 2012 IIHF Hockey World Championships organizing committee will release the remaining tickets to...The packages contain four tickets for the price of one, and depending on the arena section, will cost 195 or 155 euro. The packages will be released on Monday, May 7, at Lippupiste's channels, excluding R-Kioski.

When the ticket prices were set for this tournament in early 2011, other international and Finnish event prices were used as a base. Unfortunately, there were no special categories for Team Finland's games considering to the opponent. In hindsight, the fan perspective should have been recognized to a greater extent.

Ticket prices for the 2013 tournament will be set after the 2012 tournament, once all feedback has been gathered and analyzed, and the matchups have been determined. ]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomSun, 06 May 2012 21:30:00 +0200The opening ceremonies before the first game of team Finlandhttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6847
The opening ceremonies for the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will be held today before...After the light show, the president of the organizing committee Kalervo Kummola, and the president of the IIHF, René Fasel, will hold their opening speeches. The President of the Republic of Finland, Sauli Niinistö will then open the tournament.The teams’ national anthems will be performed by opera singers Matti Salminen and Hanna Raitala.

Mikki Kunttu tells that for Resonice he sought inspiration from ice hockey and the show will feature the names of familiar ice hockey legends. History will also play an important part in the show, as it does in the ice hockey world. Kunttu says that he sees a strong connection between ice hockey and art.

A few hundred extra tickets have been released from the international ticket quota to this evening’s game, so hockey fans still have a chance to experience the opening ceremonies in person.

The Finnish Lions’ opening game of the World Championship tournament will begin at 20.15. The opening ceremonies will start at 19.50, so fans are encouraged to be at their seats well before puck-drop.]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomFri, 04 May 2012 15:35:00 +0200Important information for 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship visitorshttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6843
Come early and use the public transportation is the best advice.Hockey Garden, in front of the Arena, opens on Friday morning and offers lots to do before the games and serves the game spectators as well as all the others interested about the games. The 1 1,400 square meters metres big restaurant tent is divided to three parts – Café, Food and Sport. On the stage you can see Hockey legends and known Sony Music artists from the Official Leijonat CD. The performance list and the Hockey Garden program will be published on previous day.

Hockey Garden serves fans in all age groups and the minors can enter the restaurant accompanied by their parents. Hockey Garden opens its doors always two hours before the first game of the day and closes one hour after the last game has finished.

The Arena will be opened to public an hour and half prior the game and will be emptied after each game.To make the security checks smooth it is advised that all game visitors leaves home all sharp metal objects, alcohol and wuwuzelasvuvuzelas, which are prohibited in the Arena surroundings.

Extra trains and buses for the game spectators

There is a limited amount of parking space with fees available so the public transportation is the best option. The commuter and long distance trains stop close to the Hartwall Arena. The State Railways (VR) will operate some extra trains on the game nights.From Helsinki city center centre buses 23 and 69 as well as trams 7A, 7B and 9 will take you to the Arena. Bus routes 22B and 30 will drive extra rounds from the Arena after all Finland games as well as the quarter-, semi- and the final games.Those coming with bicycles should note the limited space availability around the Arena. Good advice is to leave the bike a bit from the Arena and walk the rest.

For more information about the extra public transportation during the 2012 IIHF WM http://www.reittiopas.fi/en/ and http://www.vr.fi/en/index.html

Note! On Saturday May 5 it is expected to get very crowded around the Arena due to the Helsinki CityRun event. There will be breaks and route changes on public transportation between 7AM and 7PM. Buses 23 and 69 are affected due to the fact that Nordenskiöldinkatu is closed and for the same reason trams 7A and 7B will drive alternative routes, but will resume the normal route at Pasila Station. Please check more info here.

Info Point and 2012 IIHF WM product sales

There is an Info Point for general public on the lower level of the entrance hall inside the Arena. There is also an Info Point outside the Will Call.2012 IIHF WM product main shop is in front of the lower entrance of the Arena. There are also seven 2012 IIHF WM product shops inside the Arena.

Tips to get to and from the Hartwall Arena]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomFri, 04 May 2012 15:12:00 +0200Hockey concert to be organized tonighthttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6826
On May 3, a charity concert will be held at the original Helsinki arena starting at 8PM. The...MTV3 will broadcast the concert within Finland, tickets can be bought at lippu.fi.]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomThu, 03 May 2012 16:01:00 +0200Ceremonies of 2012 WM-games tested carefully already in Aprilhttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6810
Awarding the players and other ceremonies in games are a familiar sight for a hockey fan, but only...Action started two hours before game, when the coordinators in charge of ceremonies went through the game with players, referees and others who follow the strict schedule. With this, they make sure everyone knows where to be in right time.

Timetable measured in seconds

At the World Championship, two hours before the first game, the events for the whole day will be rehearsed. Everything must happen on the right second – if someone is late for a half a minute, everything will be late. Actually, it's more a rule than an exception that something will be belated, and on then everyone just have to adjust to the situation. The audience rarely even notices this.

Use of time for events and transitions has been tested and estimated to work smoothly second-to-second, and pattern is quite the same that will be used in the Championship. The protocol for 2012 IIHF WM was tested in the Tampere game, and if there appears something that needs fixing, it will be done to the Championship.

WM-protocols longer than usual

Protocol in IIHF WM is a bit more complicated than in regular league games. Even if there's nothing happening during intermissions, before and after the game the ceremonies are always held according to the rules. The structure of ceremony preceding a game can vary a lot depending on situation, but after-game ceremony usually doesn't change at all.

Likewise, on Euro Hockey Tour amount of ceremonies can vary depending on tournament, whereas in World Championships pattern stays quite the same.

Coordinator has time to eat during the periods

Even though the organisation has a strict minute schedule, there's plenty of waiting as well, when things are done precisely on said time, not earlier or later. Because the majority of events happen to fall on intermissions, before and after the game, during periods the coordinator in charge has time, for instance, to go eat.

Some matters need to be taken care of during periods, too, e.g. giving instructions for those taking part in awarding ceremony during intermission.

After making sure everyone is present, the coordinator in Tampere told how and in what order the awards of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association will be given, and on what time the part takers should be on rink side. Once the period had ended, the ones being awarded were organized to the order they'd receive their trophies, commentator were instructed, and ceremony could begin on the exact stroke.

Routine helps

When best players of the game have received their awards after game, coordinator's day is close to be finished as well. Does one doing this job need to have an excellent inner clock, or can you always check from somewhere?

”A bit of both,” says Kimmo Oikarinen, who was taking care of ceremonies during FIN-BLR game.”Getting a routine matters quite a lot.”
]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomWed, 02 May 2012 20:28:00 +0200Matti Nurminen new General Secretary of the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Finlandhttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6801
Ice Hockey Association of Finland CEO Matti Nurminen, 39, has been chosen as the General Secretary...“To choose a successor to Sulin was easy since Nurminen has been member of the organizing committee of WC the last two years and has actively taken part of the game preparations,” said Ice Hockey Association and World Championship organizing committee Chairman Kalervo Kummola.

Nurminen steps into Sulins shoes at the same time as the organizer responsibility of the two year WC-home games moves over from Finland to Sweden.

“Mika and the whole team have done great job and loads of reparations already for the next spring event,” said Kummola. “Of course there are still loads to do during winter, but now the full concentration is on the home games which start at the end of next week.”

Even if Nurminen takes on the General Secretary tasks already in June, Sulin is still taking part of the game preparations until 1st of October before moving over to Olympic Committee.

“Nurminen knows the game organization and the International Association’s way of working. The transition period during this summer will give us great opportunity to go through this spring’s preparations together with the IIHF and our Swedish colleagues and based on that make plans for the next spring,” said Sulin, who is very pleased about the appointment of Nurminen.

2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in Stockholm and in Helsinki 3-19 of May, 2013. Half of the preliminary games and the quarter finals will be played in Finland (3-15-May 2013). Semifinals and finals will be played next year in Globe Arena, Stockholm while Hartwall Arena in Helsinki will be the game site in Finland as it is this year. Also next year Finland will start their WC-games in front of home supporters as the Swedes start theirs in Stockholm. The other countries teams’ preliminary attendance will be decided based on IIHF World Ranking after this year’s games. The ticket sales for 2013 games will start in autumn 2012.]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomTue, 01 May 2012 19:34:00 +0200Niinistö the patron of the 2012 IIHF WMhttp://www.iihf.com/channels-12/iihf-world-championship-wc12/news/news-singleview-2011/?no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=6798
President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö is the patron of the 2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World...2012 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship will take place in Helsinki and Stockholm from May 4 to May 20.]]>Channel WM 2012on bottomTue, 01 May 2012 16:39:00 +0200